Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
sociétés de participation
English translation:
holding companies
Added to glossary by
swanda
Apr 16, 2008 15:11
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French term
France
Experience and feel
Native in: French 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to French, French to English
sociétés de participation
French to English
Bus/Financial
Finance (general)
Nombre de cabinets
Dont sociétés
d’expertise comptable
Dont sociétés
de participation
(Etude économique sur le secteur) Société en participation is fine to me but DE participation????
Dont sociétés
d’expertise comptable
Dont sociétés
de participation
(Etude économique sur le secteur) Société en participation is fine to me but DE participation????
Proposed translations
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| 5 +6 | holding companies |
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| 4 | sleeping partnerships |
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| 3 | associated companies |
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sleeping partnerships
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associated companies
No claim of high confidence here, but the big international accounting firms don't really have holding companies.
UBS Lexique bancaire on this term:
"société de participation / Beteiligungsgesellschaft / società di partecipazione / associated company
Société détenue minoritairement par une autre. Société de participation est par conséquent un terme ambigu. Voir également: société holding."
Luxembourg definitely has a form of holding company called a SOPARFI (financial holding company).
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2008-04-19 04:18:13 GMT)
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None of the big four accounting "firms" (Deloitte, E&Y, KPMG, PwC) has a holding company at the top. For professional reasons, the network member firms in each country have to be independently owned. Those firms can jointly own other businesses, however -- such as the forebear of Accenture, which began as Arthur Andersen's consulting division. This is the kind of thing this audit fee disclosure requirement is getting at.
UBS Lexique bancaire on this term:
"société de participation / Beteiligungsgesellschaft / società di partecipazione / associated company
Société détenue minoritairement par une autre. Société de participation est par conséquent un terme ambigu. Voir également: société holding."
Luxembourg definitely has a form of holding company called a SOPARFI (financial holding company).
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Note added at 2 days13 hrs (2008-04-19 04:18:13 GMT)
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None of the big four accounting "firms" (Deloitte, E&Y, KPMG, PwC) has a holding company at the top. For professional reasons, the network member firms in each country have to be independently owned. Those firms can jointly own other businesses, however -- such as the forebear of Accenture, which began as Arthur Andersen's consulting division. This is the kind of thing this audit fee disclosure requirement is getting at.
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